at what point do you charge your iDevice?

[BlackBerry Guy]

When it gets down to about 25% I'll plug it in.

 

[OutSpoken]

I don't really have a pattern... I think

I hardly let it run flat, tbh since I've owned it (sept 09) Its probably gone flat twice!

I'm constantly fiddling with it.. either games or net surfin or messaging.. so I guess I like to keep battery charge over 30%, therefore top up when I can at home, which often means using it whilst its plugged in.

But at work it's usually always connected to my work PC..it is now

 

[stoneland]

I just charge it every night before I go to bed, regardless of what percentage it's at. Some days it's at 40%, other days it's down all the way and shut down on its own.

 

[melwan]

Just every night before going to bed. Depending on my usage of course, I find it anywhere from 10% to 30% (I'm heavy user).

 

[ckalli]

I come from a time when batteries weren't as smart as they are today. There were all sorts of secret tricks and rules you'd have to know, or you'd kill your battery. You couldn't recharge a battery until it had fully discharged; otherwise, you'd limit the battery's capacity. Later years brought batteries that had to be "trained." Fully discharging and recharging multiple times.

Today's modern iPhone batteries are different. There's none of that to worry about. Charge your iPhone whenever you want. In the car? Charge it. Sitting at your desk for 10 minutes? Charge it. In fact, the only real trick to remember is to make sure the battery doesn't get too low. A study by Cadex found that many Li-ion batteries fail due to being over-discharged.

Your smartphone battery - like your smartphone itself - performs best when it's charged. There's no need to keep it at 100% all day, every day. But there's no reason to let your battery level fall into the red, either. Giving your iPhone a few minutes of power will do more good than harm, so go ahead.

 

[OnbeatApps]

i charge mine at night also, i try not to charge until around 10% apparently thats best for battery life?

 

[golfnut]

In fact, the only real trick to remember is to make sure the battery doesn't get too low. A study by Cadex found that many Li-ion batteries fail due to being over-discharged.

Is there any truth to this?? I've never heard of it and have always tried to totally discharge my phones when I could..

 

[jhamilton3]

With the i4's battery life being so great there are times when I can go almost 2 days on a full charge, and that's with 7-8 hours of heavy usage. One of the reasons why I can't seem to completely switch to another phone like Android or BlackBerry..

 

[Ipheuria]

It annoys me when it's lower than 80% but I never charge it until I get home before I go to bed. I've got my laptop and iPad so if it goes low I'll just stop using it for the rest of the time and then plug in when I'm home. I have never had my iPhone 4 die on me. My first gen and 3G it happened once or twice.

I used to be miserly about battery life I turned my screen down, push was off, notification was off and then I said if I'm not using the features of the device what is the point of owning it? So then I turned on the things I actually use and if it gets low I charge it I work in an office all day long anyway.

 

[Itsfoxy]

I try to never let it run down below 40%. It just happens to do so when I charge overnight and the charger sometimes comes loose and I wake up to a dead phone. Luckily it doesn't take too long to charge back up.

 

[brokenxreality]

I charge my battery before I go to sleep at night and unplug it in the morning when I wake up. I have only made it 2 days on the phone once. I've had it for almost a month now.

 

[zwoof]

I don't let it drop under 70% and charge it throughout the day to try and keep it above 85-90%.

 

[golfnut]

Is it bad to let this battery completely die? If so, at what percentage is the ideal point to charge?

 

[brokenxreality]

Is it bad to let this battery completely die? If so, at what percentage is the ideal point to charge?

Let the battery die completely at least once a month. I was told to charge it once it gets to 20%, except for that one time a month.

 

[sarashah]

I always plugged in when it's go down to 10-20%.

 

[golfnut]

Thanks for the reply, brokenxreality and sarashah..appreciate it.

 

[Jeff.CopyTrans]

I usually charge my iPhone once a week every Friday because I am a music addict and I really need my Pete Rock and JDilla to play when I ride on the weekends.

 

[anneemonster]

I try to keep mine charged above 80%. I get strangely paranoid if it falls below that.

 

[BLiNK]

I usually charge my iPhone once a week every Friday ...

is this even possible??

 

[cinek]

I charge it when it falls below 10%